Old Project Avalon Forum (ARCHIVE) - View Single Post - No opt-out of filtered Internet,Australia then where else?

Genevieve · 10-19-2008, 02:08 PM

This is a VERY important issue to my mind.

Internet "filtering" DOES equal the decline of freedom of speech Magi!!!

We all know that history is written by the victors and censorship has been rampant in the world since recorded times. The internet - while having a lot of apparent "useless information" - it has also for the first time in history allowed the world wide almost "instant" exchange of ideas and events - unhindered by the censorship of the current PTB.

Where the TRUTH is lies in our own personal interpretation.

However anyone that SUPRESSES any individual expressing their thoughts is directly violating the freedom of speech of that individual.

Try living in China and googling Tianemen Square!!! Their internet is filtered to the point that all that comes up is a history of the place and NOTHING about the student massacre of 1989!!!

THAT is what internet filtering leads to!!

Just a small example of one search engines response to all this....

"......The popular search engine Google was temporarily blocked by the government of China in September 2002. Chinese Internet users were unable to access the search engine. In addition, requests for Google from within China were redirected to Chinese search engines. (1) At the time, Google issued a statement indicating that they were working with the Chinese authorities to restore access to Google. (2) (3) China lifted the block on the Google search engine soon thereafter. (4)

In a recent interview, the co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, stated that Google did not negotiate with the Chinese government to have Google unblocked. (5) Brin suggests that 'popular demand' forced the government to enable access to Google. Google is currently accessible to Internet users in China.

However, our tests show that while Google is accessible to Chinese users, not all of its functions are available; because of China's content filtering technologies, users of Google within China experience a much different Google than those outside. As our tests below indicate, China blocks access to the Google cache and to searches that contain certain keywords. (6) Neither China's keyword filtering nor the mechanism used to filter the Google cache is specific to Google. China's usual Internet controls apply when users search for specific keywords in Google: their connection to Google is terminated and they receive no results from their search. Thus, while China's filtering affects Google searches, the system is entirely independent of Google. ....."

Ultimately its up to you what you choose to look at on the internet - same as its up to you to choose what you allow yourself or your children to view on TV - or at the library or anywhere else in life.
I for one trust my own discretion in this matter and i DO NOT want some authoritarian power telling me what i can and cannot look at or read!!

10-19-2008, 02:08 PM	#35
Genevieve Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: southern part of western australia Posts: 86	Re: No opt-out of filtered Internet,Australia then where else? This is a VERY important issue to my mind. Internet "filtering" DOES equal the decline of freedom of speech Magi!!! We all know that history is written by the victors and censorship has been rampant in the world since recorded times. The internet - while having a lot of apparent "useless information" - it has also for the first time in history allowed the world wide almost "instant" exchange of ideas and events - unhindered by the censorship of the current PTB. Where the TRUTH is lies in our own personal interpretation. However anyone that SUPRESSES any individual expressing their thoughts is directly violating the freedom of speech of that individual. Try living in China and googling Tianemen Square!!! Their internet is filtered to the point that all that comes up is a history of the place and NOTHING about the student massacre of 1989!!! THAT is what internet filtering leads to!! Just a small example of one search engines response to all this.... "......The popular search engine Google was temporarily blocked by the government of China in September 2002. Chinese Internet users were unable to access the search engine. In addition, requests for Google from within China were redirected to Chinese search engines. (1) At the time, Google issued a statement indicating that they were working with the Chinese authorities to restore access to Google. (2) (3) China lifted the block on the Google search engine soon thereafter. (4) In a recent interview, the co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, stated that Google did not negotiate with the Chinese government to have Google unblocked. (5) Brin suggests that 'popular demand' forced the government to enable access to Google. Google is currently accessible to Internet users in China. However, our tests show that while Google is accessible to Chinese users, not all of its functions are available; because of China's content filtering technologies, users of Google within China experience a much different Google than those outside. As our tests below indicate, China blocks access to the Google cache and to searches that contain certain keywords. (6) Neither China's keyword filtering nor the mechanism used to filter the Google cache is specific to Google. China's usual Internet controls apply when users search for specific keywords in Google: their connection to Google is terminated and they receive no results from their search. Thus, while China's filtering affects Google searches, the system is entirely independent of Google. ....." Ultimately its up to you what you choose to look at on the internet - same as its up to you to choose what you allow yourself or your children to view on TV - or at the library or anywhere else in life. I for one trust my own discretion in this matter and i DO NOT want some authoritarian power telling me what i can and cannot look at or read!!